She is a associate professor of Sociology and the director of the Indigenous Studies program at Western University in London, Ontario.

[4] In 2002 that Forsyth received the Tom Longboat Regional Award for Ontario at the North American Indigenous Games.

[2] In 2020 Forsyth's book Reclaiming Tom Longboat: Indigenous Self-Determination in Canadian Sport was published by the University of Regina Press.

[7] The book argues that the award, named after Onondaga long-distance runner Tom Longboat, has been used to advance colonial policies and political agendas.

"[9] Outside of academia Forsyth has written articles for news sources such as HuffPost Canada[10] and The Guardian,[11] as well as being interviewed by multiple media outlets such as the Toronto Star, SportsNet, the Globe and Mail, CBC, and the Aboriginal People's Television Network.